Sunday, April 30, 2006

NEW YORK (AP) -- Now that immigrants have grabbed the nation's attention, what next?

Monday has been set aside for immigrants to boycott work, school and shopping to show how much they matter to their communities.

Why do they always seem to conveniently leave out the most important word in this whole friggen debate:

ILLEGAL!

That's the whole crux of this debate. They are here Illegally, with no use for this country other than a job and government benefit bank. Unlike the influx of legal immigrants earlier in the last century (and who continue to this day), who wanted not only to make a better life for themselves but actually assimilate and become American, many if not most of the illegal immigrants from Mexico and elsewhere appear have no such intention. Rather, their behavior as of late appears to portend an intention to have two United States. One United States of America, one United States of Mexico. Abraham Lincoln said it best when he proclaimed that a "House divided against itself cannot stand." The illegal immigrants attempts not to assimilate but rather balkanize portends a France-Like outcome. Balkanization leads to a division of purpose, alienation, and ultimately chaos and breakdown.

But it appears to be a pocketbook issue for the businesses who hire them, and a potential boon for politicians, who salivate at the prospect of a future voting bloc of millions.

Tomorrow, illegal Mexicans will boycott stores, etc., en masse.

I call on my readers and anyone else who will listen, to make it a special point to patronize your local stores, shoppes, and other businesses in your neighborhood tomorrow, en masse.

Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Under threat of United Nations Security Council sanctions for its own nuclear program, Iran has been elected to a vice-chair position on the U.N. Disarmament Commission, whose mission includes deliberations on preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.

What's next? Exhuming Stalin and putting him in charge of the commission to prevent pogroms?

It was raw. It was real. No sensationalizing. Real people. Not actors, acting like they're not acting. As a matter of fact, many of the air traffic controllers in the movie are actual air traffic controllers who were on duty on that fateful day.

No sugar coating of the terrorists. No trying to explain away their actions. Raw rage. Trepidation. Fear. You saw it all in the animals who butchered people, and would have killed thousands more if not for the brave passengers that Divine providence chose to have aboard that fateful flight.

Masterfully filmed.

Throughout the showing, at the end, and even while the credits rolled, you literally could have heard a pin drop, save for the sound from the theatre speakers.

To whom it may concern:

United 93 was not made "too soon." Perhaps if it was made two or three years ago, we, as a nation, would have been more thoroughly reminded of the ferocity of the enemy with whom we are dealing.

United 93, IMO, will go down as the greatest movie to rally a war generation since Mrs. Miniver took to the big screen to rally the Brits and the U.S. in WWII.

We need more "United 93s". We need to see more pictures of the animals who killed thousands of our own citizens. We need more pictures such as the ones that are on the tribute on the top- left hand column of this blog. We need to continuously be reminded of just who we are dealing with.

God help us, and our progeny, should our memories continue to fail us.

The Fighting Chicken Hawks

And why the chicken hawk? When we looked into it, it turns out that the chicken hawk is a pretty impressive predator. It's the largest of its family. This species vigorously defends its territory, getting even more aggressive when the conditions get harshest. It adapts to all climates. Most impressively, it feeds on chickens, mice, and rats.

Make of that what you will.

Frank, Derek, and I invite you to join the 101st Fighting Keyboardists (motto: We Eat Chickens For Lunch). I'm starting a blogroll and will post the code for other members to display on their blogs. We welcome all of those who feel they qualify for the unit, but especially those who have a sense of humor as well as a sense of purpose. This way, the next time someone refers to you as a chicken hawk for your blogging, you can remind them that as a member of the 101, your talons are your best weapon and that feeding time is near!

Stones' Keith Richards out of his treeWellington (dpa) - Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is recovering at an Auckland hospital after reportedly falling out of a palm tree at a private island resort in Fiji, news reports said Sunday.

A spokeswoman for the band confirmed that Richards, 62, was in hospital and told Radio New Zealand he had suffered a mild concussion in an accident in Fiji, but would not say how he was injured.

The Sunday Star-Times said it understood Richards was conscious and mobile and had not had surgery in the Mercy-Ascot Hospital where he was taken after a 3-1/2 hour emergency flight from Fiji on Thursday.

The newspaper said he was examined by a neurosurgeon and orthopaedic specialist and was understood to have had brain scans in what it described as "top secret treatment."

He had been kept in hospital as a precaution and could be well enough to leave early in the week, the paper said.

It quoted a visitor to the hospital as saying Richards was sitting up in bed Saturday night wearing a colourful striped beanie (hat) with his wife, former fashion model Patti Hansen, at his side.

Richards was said to have hired his own security guards and the hospital has refused to confirm that he is a patient.

The Star Times quoted Dr Uzzal Kanti Dhar, of a private hospital in the Fiji capital Suva, as saying Richards was admitted there on Thursday after being flown from the Wakaya Club resort.

"I understand he climbed a coconut tree and fell from the tree and got injured," he said.

Perhaps he didn't climb up the tree. Maybe, according to his natural state of being (and living up to his band name) he was so stoned he merely floated to the top..

British music producer Adam Kidron says that when he came up with the idea of a Spanish-language version of the U.S. national anthem, he saw it as an ode to the millions of immigrants seeking a better life.

But in the week since Kidron announced the song _ which features artists such as Wyclef Jean, hip-hop star Pitbull and Puerto Rican singers Carlos Ponce and Olga Tanon _ it has been the target of a fierce backlash.

Some Internet bloggers and others are infuriated by the thought of "The Star-Spangled Banner" sung in a language other than English.

"Would the French accept people singing the La Marseillaise in English as a sign of French patriotism? Of course not," said Mark Krikorian, head of the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that supports tighter immigration controls.

The initial version of "Nuestro Himno," or "Our Anthem," comes out Friday and uses lyrics based closely on the English-language original, said Kidron, who heads the record label Urban Box Office.

Pro-immigration protests are planned around the country for Monday, and the record label is urging Hispanic radio stations nationwide to play the cut at 7 p.m. EDT Friday in a sign of solidarity.

A remix to be released in June will contain several lines in English that condemn U.S. immigration laws. Among them: "These kids have no parents, cause all of these mean laws ... let's not start a war with all these hard workers, they can't help where they were born."

So, not only do they flaunt our immigration laws and develop foreign-language lyrics to our National Anthem, they go on to add insult to injury by bastardizing our National Anthem to the point where it becomes a hit piece against the land from whose largesse they derive their parasitic existence.

And, in yet another slap in the face:

Pitbull, whose real name is Armando Perez, said this country was built by immigrants, and "the meaning of the American dream is in that record: struggle, freedom, opportunity, everything they are trying to shut down on us."

Oh, "Pitbull" you poor victim, you!!! Did you ever hear of Ellis Island? While most of us are descendants of foreign-born progeny, our ancestors came here LEGALLY.

Neil Young look at your life,64 and and there's just no moreLivin' in a drunken stuporMind all full o' goo...Livin on half a brainblew your mind out on cocaineAll your lyrics are inaneAnd your voice is too...

{Refrain}Neil Young take a look at your life-not a lot to say...Like a bad case of herpes you won't go away.Ah one look at your songs and I can barf all day...

Neil Young, look at your life-You're a moonbat has-been!

Moonbat lies, look in your eyesglazed over red and you look half dead..Livin in a 60s fog brought on by LSDRelevance--passed you byClinging to the same ol' lieYou can run but you cannot hideYou ain't foolin' me!

{refrain}Neil Young take a look at your lifeYou're a lot like poo.Toxic waste of a person your whole life through..Take one look in the mirror--an' you can tell it's true!

From what Eric (and the police have talked with him) said Rob had sustained a very bad arm injury one that he tried to put a tourniquet on it.......I assume by that it was bleeding profusely. He said he thought he accidentally put his arm into one of those large AC fans that were running full force.

IMO

Ocean

I cannot say for sure, but it looks as if "Jadedblueyes" has some close contacts with the case.

Also, "Jadedblueeyes" wrote

The parking garage at Desoto is very large. There is a nearby restraunt as well as apartment complexes and the civic center is across the street, so it is one of the largest parkign areas I believe. It does have a door and and elevator if I am not mistaken. But, I think they only lead to the upper and lower levels of the parking garage itself I do not beleive they lead inside the Hotel. I was under the impression that he was found insde. I feel so terrible sorry for this family and his finace. I hope that someday she is able to allow herself to meet someone and maybe get married, she is so young to have to go through this and I know this will affect her her whole life but I hope that someday she is able to move on. I saw some of the interview on Nancy Grace just a few minutes ago and she was tlaking to the father about what he thought happened and how the family is handling things and such. I did not hear about the injury specifically or what shape th ebody was in or anything like that. I heard the father say that he believes he bled to death and that he had made a tourniquet for his injury. He also said that he thinks maybe his son passed out and when he woke up he didnt know where he was and kind of tried to feel his way out. With him having combat training he new that if he moved too much he would bleed to death and the alcohol in his system would have caused him to bleed more severly bc it things your blood. With it being more of a maintenance area im assuming no one really passed by for him to yell for help.

I mean, say what you want about Pawlenty, but he did help engineer a 4 + billion dollar state budget deficit back into the black; for the most part without raising taxes (okay, I'll give you the fees). You don't do that by being a tax-and-spend-into-oblivion liberal. Like Bush, despite some quirks that make you shake your head, Pawlenty, on balance, has been a good steward for our state.

The states largest coal-fired power plants must upgrade their facilities to reduce the amount of mercury released into Minnesotas environment, under a legislative compromise announced Thursday.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty, lawmakers, environmental activists and power industry officials have agreed on a plan to cut by 90 percent emissions of the harmful toxin at the three largest coal-fueled power plants by 2014.

The Legislature still must approve the agreement, which is predicted to pass but could see opposition from lawmakers who want tougher mandates and others who argue the upgrades will end up costing Minnesotans more.

In his State of the State address earlier this year, Pawlenty urged lawmakers to approve mercury reduction legislation. The deal marks a watershed event in Minnesotas environmental history, the Republican governor said during a Capitol news conference.

Making progress on this is imperative, its timely and its important, Pawlenty said.

Xcel Energys plants in Oak Park Heights and Becker  along with a Minnesota Power plant in Cohasset  would be required to drastically limit release of the pollutant, which settles in lakes, has been found in fish and can be dangerous to humans.

Even if environmental mercury were a problem, further restrictions on U.S. manmade mercury emissions would be of little value, the report notes. Sixty-one percent of environmental mercury comes from natural sources. Only 2 percent of environmental mercury comes from U.S. man-made emissions. A substantial share of environmental mercury in the U.S. comes from Chinese emissions that cross the Pacific Ocean and settle in North America.

Geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park emit as much mercury as all of Wyoming's eight coal-fired power plants combined. Even so, notes the House study, "the presence of mercury in Yellowstone National Park and Lake were said to pose no danger to park rangers, visitors, and even its wildlife. Native grizzly bears who consume up to 400 pounds of cutthroat trout have exhibited no ill effects, according to researchers." (the whole article is well worth the read)

More debunking of the chicken-little enviro-whacko scares on mercury can be found here, here, here, here, and here.

The road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions, and this "feel good--vote-for-me-I-care-about-the-environment" measure will, to adopt a leftist cliche, be perpetrated on the backs of those who could least afford it (or at least ultimately on the backs of the taxpayers in terms of the additional energy subsidies for the poor that will likely come from this).

Thursday, April 27, 2006

The search continues for a missing Third Infantry Division soldier. But there may have been a break. Three different people reported seeing someone matching Robert Hornbeck's description, all within a few hours' time Tuesday morning.

Hornbeck disappeared from Savannah, but these three sightings have rejuvenated the search west of here, with crews focusing on Interstate 16 in Bulloch County.

The phone calls started early Tuesday morning, sounding like more than just a coincidence. "Exact descriptions," said Capt. Rick Rountree of the Bulloch County Sheriff's Department. "Blue shirt, khaki pants, ball cap turned around backwards. All of them gave us the exact same description."

The Bulloch County sheriff's deputies answered the three separate calls all within a couple hours of each other and all within a ten-mile stretch of I-16.

"We got the last call at 8:17am," said Capt. Rountree. "I was here within 15 minutes."

By then, the person matching Hornbeck's description was gone again. Meanwhile, friends back in Fort Benning are trying not to think about what the possible sightings mean.

"I don't like to think about the possibilities, because you could run the entire gamut and none of them are good in my mind," said Sgt. Michael Scoutten.